Inter Milan's Uruguayan striker
Alvaro Recoba could face a two-year ban from football for playing
under a false Italian passport.

Prosecutor for the
Italian Football League' disciplinary committee Carlo Porceddu has recommended that Recoba be
suspended for two years and Inter be fined 3bn lire (£952,000).

Porceddu has also called for Inter's
technical director Lele Oriali, club official Rinaldo Ghelfi and Franco Baldini, currently AS Roma sports director, to be suspended for their
alleged role in the affair.

A two-year ban would be a massive blow for Recoba and
Inter, who have the player signed up for four more seasons.

But the club look as though they will not face a points
deduction following recommendations by the prosecutor.

Recoba joined Inter in 1997 from Montevideo club Nacional
and was registered as a non-European Union (EU) player because he only had a Uruguayan passport.

The large number of non-EU players at Inter restricted
Recoba's opportunities and he was loaned out to Venezia in 1999, after which he obtained an Italian passport.